"I took a meeting and pretended I wasn't in terrible pain trying to sit upright after an emergency C-section. To be fair, the meeting was important - though not important. I didn't want to soak up every minute of 'leave'... the guilt that I felt for even to be a person outside of my motherly duties was intense."
"Bored, guilty, and eager to get back into the grind... I missed using the part of my brain I studied and worked so hard to develop, interacting with adults..."
"Work is a familiar space - and for many women who have worked hard and studied hard, they don't want to not work. Work can give you meaning, accolades and also provide a lot of structure that a lot of people find really important in their day."
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